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The Impact of Syringe Services Program Policy on Risk Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in 3 US Cities, 2005-2015 [PDF]

Public Health Reports, 2020
Kathleen Brady, Alia Al-Ṭayyib, William T Robinson   +2 more
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Syringe services program (SSP) operational changes during the COVID-19 global outbreak [PDF]

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020
Lisa Metsch, Hansel Tookes, Tyler Bartholomew   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Shifting the paradigm: physician-authorized, student-led efforts to provide harm reduction services amidst legislative opposition

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background For over 30 years, syringe services programs (SSPs) have served as an efficacious intervention for the prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C transmission among persons who use drugs.
Timothy P. McMullen, Mahan Naeim, Carol Newark, Haden Oliphant, Jeffrey Suchard, Faried Banimahd   +5 more
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Assessment of effectiveness of targeted intervention program under national AIDS control program among injecting drug users across India

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: High HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) remains a cause of concern and are considered key drivers of concentrated epidemic in India. The present paper aims to assess the effectiveness of the targeted intervention (TI) program on
Damodar Sahu, Varsha Ranjan, Nishakar Thakur, Sanjay K Rai, M Vishnu Vardhana Rao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adverse childhood experiences, resilience, and syringe services program attendance among persons who inject drugs in Northeast Georgia, USA: A mediation analysis [PDF]

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Nathan Hansen, Mohammad Rifat Haider
exaly   +2 more sources

Implementation of a medical student-run telemedicine program for medications for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of the IDEA syringe services program medical student-run free clinic in Miami, Florida. In an effort to continue to serve the community of people who inject drugs and practice compassionate and non ...
Marcus Castillo, Brianna Conte, Sam Hinkes, Megan Mathew, C. J. Na, Ainhoa Norindr, David P. Serota, David W. Forrest, Amar R. Deshpande, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hansel E. Tookes   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We want everything in a one-stop shop”: acceptability and feasibility of PrEP and buprenorphine implementation with mobile syringe services for Black people who inject drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Introduction A recent surge in HIV outbreaks, driven by the opioid and stimulant use crises, has destabilized our progress toward targets set forth by Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America for the high-priority community of people who inject drugs (
Tyler S. Bartholomew, Barbara Andraka-Cristou, Rachel K. Totaram, Shana Harris, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, Lily Ostrer, David P. Serota, David W. Forrest, Teresa A. Chueng, Edward Suarez, Hansel E. Tookes   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expansion of Syringe Service Programs in the United States, 2015–2018

American Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives. To report on the expansion of syringe service programs (SSPs) in the United States from 2015 to 2018. Methods. We obtained data from records of the Buyers’ Club of the Dave Purchase Project/North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN), including the number of US SSPs and the numbers of sterile syringes purchased by programs.
Don C, Des Jarlais, Jonathan, Feelemyer, Paul, LaKosky, Kathryn, Szymanowski, Kamyar, Arasteh   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2009
Background Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that ...
Siegler Anne, Paone Denise, Heller Daliah I, Karpati Adam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
AbstractOpioid related overdose deaths in the United States claimed over 100,000 thousand lives during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the previous period. Syringe services programs (SSPs) are an evidence-based harm reduction strategy that have been shown to be effective in reducing opioid overdose deaths and ...
Quang Pham, Marc Burrows, Alain Litwin
openaire   +3 more sources